Fig. 2. (A) Congested, dark liver intraoperatively prior to thrombectomy. (B) Raw surface of liver after right hepatectomy and retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus being extracted with forceps. (C) Near complete resolution of the congestion with pink liver after completion of thrombectomy. (D) At the end of operation, right atrium being closed primarily, IVC at the level of hepatic cloaca being patched with pericardium, and retrohepatic IVC being removed without reconstruction.
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